—A Double Gang ACME Pulverizing Harrow , Clod Crusher and Leveler will be sent to any responsible farmer in the United States , and if it does not suit he may send it back at the expense of the manufacturers . No pay is asked until tried on the farm . Farmers should not , therefore , let dealers palm off on them a base imitation or so me inferior tool under the assurance that it is better . See advertisement on page 180 .

ORGANIZE FARMERSECONOMY CLUBS THE FARM , FIELD AND STOCKMANS PLAN TO SAVE MONEY FOR ITS READERS , THE MIDDLE MAN MADE USELESS AND HIS PROFITS SAVED . The Advantages of Co-operation Secured to Individual Subscribers , and Still Greater Advantages to Clubs . MERCHANDISE OF AU KINDS BOUGHT AND SHIPPED FOR SUBSCRIBERS AT WHOLESALE PRICES , THUS SAVING THE SUBSCRIBER FROM 10 TO 100 PER CENT . What is the Economy Club ? It is am institution in this city organized for the purpose of suourmg for its members , by co-operation , the privilege of purchasing merchandise of all kinds , such as dry goods , groceries , clothing , boots and shoes , house furnishings , watches , clocks , jewelry , . books , horse goods , machinery , tools—in fact , anything which a family or individual may want , at wholesale prices . The Club has been in successful operation for some time ia this city and its purchasing agent has made arrangements with manufacturers , jobbers or wholesale merchants m almost all bra...

OUR SEED OFFER . 20 Packets to each Subscriber . We have gathered from the best special sourceB of Europe and America the following rare and valuable collection of new varieties of farm , garden and flower seeds for our Free Seed Distribution , and will give 20 packets free , postage paid , to every present subscriber who will renew his subscription , or to any person who will subscribe at our regular rates , $ 1 . 50 a year . This is in addition to a membership in the Economy Club . A full description with illustrations of all the seeds named below was published in our Nov . 15 issue . If you want it send for a copy . Combination No . 1 . 20 Packets Seed Grain , Vegetable and Flower Heeds . In all cases where no selection is made by the subscriber this combination will be sent It is a selection of the best and will please you . It is sent by mail postpaid . See description of each variety elsewhere . Ipkt White Swede Onts . _ 1 Red Rust-Proof Oats . 1 Scotch Barley , 1 Legal Tender...

CLUB OFFERS . For one now subscriber in addition to your own , at $ 1 . 50 each , we will send a combination of seeds and Economy Chili membership to each , and an extra combination of seeds to each , and an extra combination of seeds to tne sender ; or if preferred in place of the extra package of seeds we will send any of the following books : How TO SUCCEED WITH SMALL FHUITS AND POULTRY . M ANUAL OF NEEDLE W ORK . MANUAL OF KNITTING AND CROCHET W ORK . LADIES M ANUAL OF FANCY WORK . TALKS WITH H OMELY GIRLS . FAMOUS P EOPLE OF ALL AGES . THE USAGES OF BEST SOCIETY . A HANDY D ICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS . For three subscribers , including your own , with seeds and members-iiu certificate to each : Two EXTRA COMBINATIONS OF SEEDS to the sender , or if preferred , any of the following books : LAW WITHOUT LAWYERS . EVERYBODY S PAINT BOOK . NATIONAL S TANDARD E NCYCLOPEDIA . WHAT EVERY ONE SHOULD KNOW . NATIONAL STANDARD D ICTIONARY . DR . D ANELSON S ( MEDICAL ) COUNSELOR WITH RECEIPTS . ...

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HOWABD &amp;amp; WILSON PUB . CO . CHARLES H . HOWABD , BDITOB , fS . Br f Associate Editors . JAS . W . WILSON , Busirass MANAGES . This number is sent to some friends , and to other names given us for the purpone by mutual friends , that yon may examine the paper with a view to subscription . Under the new management , changed to a weekly , it already has a circulation of 33 , 375 , and the new subscriptions are still coming in at the rate of over 100 a day . If yon like the paper and the inducements offered , please send in your name to begin with February . sec elsewhere onr Free Seed offer and tho benefits of the Economy Club membership , both of which go with a subscription at the regular rate , $ 1 . 50 a year . IV . B . Without the seeds or Economy tJlub certificate , we will send the paper for remainder of the year , from the time wo receive your money , for $ 1 . We make this offer , not because we prefer the plan of u part of the year at the pro ra...

Wisconsin Farmers Convention . EDITORIAL COHKESPONDENCE . The interesting program of the Farmers Convention , at Madison , Wis ., printed in our number for January 30 , was fully carried out last week , and was a successful meeting in every respect . Several different organizations participated , such as the Horticultural Society , with an exhibit of fruit , the Short-horn Breeders , Association , accompanied by a sale of Short-horn cattle , the Bee ^ -growers , Swinebreeders , etc . There are several general farmers societies in Wisconsin which had delegates at this annual meeting . The Northern Society holds its meeting February 23-25 at Neenah , but , notwithstanding , was represented by its Presi dent and others , at Madison . The meetings were well attended . Members were always ready to take part in the discussions following the various papers , and with intelligence and vim that added greatly to the variety and interest of the meeting . MAJOR ALVOBD , OF HOUGHTON FABM , near ...

News and Comments . —The thaw is seriously interfering with x ° Sging operations in the North-West , ana the St . Paul ice palace is liquifying . f ~ T ^ e weatfl er moderated , about the time Congress began to talk favorably about admitting Dakota as a State . Admit er luickly , and give us an early spring . —England remains a good field for American ventures . An advertisement has just appeared from Threadneedle street for $ 1 , 000 , 000 prior liens , 0 per cent mortgage bonds , price 107 , on the Vicksburg , Shreveport &amp;amp; Pacific Railway . —The latest theory , says the Pall Mall Gazette , and by no means a reassuring one —as to the nature and origin of scarletfever is that it may be had direct from the cow , and is , in short , the form assumed in human beings by some originally vaccine disease . —The admission of Washington Territory as a State ; Senator Blair s Educational Bill ; the Bankruptcy Measure : the Creation of an Assistant Secretary of the Navy , and the F...

Seeding and Marking Land . The illustration shown in this number exhibits the workings of the Broadcast Sower of the Janesville Machine Company , Janesville , Wisconsin . It will interest every farmer . The growth of inveiStion is slow . For simplicity and perfect work , the Janesville Machine Company seem to fairly fill the bill . The seeder , according to size , will sow from 6 feet 1 inch to 11 feet , and has a grass seed attachment that will be recognized as a most valuable addition to the machine . The scroll cut-off in the feed cups makes it impossible for them to clog , forming a continuous force feed , whatever the seed , from corn to peas and flax , and this without breaking the grains . It also sows according to speed , whether fast or slow , and accurate in quantity according to the guage , the guage being an exact indicator . The grass seed attachment can be used at the time grain is sown or thereafter as may be desired . The Janesville Machine Company manufactures also ...

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HORTICULTURE The Garden . Next month onions will be sowed or ¦ anted in some sections , and a little later early peas , cabbage , lettuce , radish , kale , ifid other hardy vegetables will follow , ir nst fall we advised our readers to thoroughly clean up the garden , burning all refusei litter , and then plow the ground . Tf this was followed the frost will have • lone much to make the soil fine and friable A garden cannot be made too rich , nor can the soil be made too fine . It is customary to give the garden a heavy coating of manure , but unless the manure is well rotted , the early plants will not be greatly assisted by it until well under way How to work up and prepare the trarden depends upon the area devoted to such a purpose . If small , the spade is the best implement , but if an acre or more , the p low must be put in use . We will say , however , that the spade , rake , and hoe have no superiors as garden implements . After plowing , go over the wound with a pulverizer ...

Mew Mexico Stock Growers . At the late ( second ) meeting of the Executive Oommitteo of the Cattle and Horse Growers of New Mexico , action was taken against thefts of property , malicious prairie firing , togetherwiththe willful taking of human life ( independent of the many lives sacrificed and possessions destroyed by the Apaches ) , and for sustaining the civil officers in the execution of their duty . Three members of the association were appointed , which , with the President , constitute a committee , to act as an advisory board , and constitute a territorial bureau of detection and protection . These have full power to employ detectives , and make oontracts , to ferret out theft s and crimes of whatsoever nature . The committee are made judges of the means to be employed and the moneys to be expended in the execution of the work of said bureau . The quarantine law of New Mexico was thought not to meet the wants of the stockmen of the territory , and a committee of four was a...